SUPPORTING THE SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-QUALITY HIV PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN THE WESTERN REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN - PEPFAR IS A LEADING THE TRANSITION OF THE GLOBAL HIV EPIDEMIC FROM CRISIS TOWARDS CONTROL. DRIVEN BY THE PEPFAR STRATEGY FOR ACCELERATING HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC CONTROL (2017-2020), SOME SUPPORTED COUNTRIES HAVE ACHIEVED EPIDEMIC CONTROL BENCHMARKS AND UNAIDS 90-90-90 TARGETS. THROUGH PEPFAR, OVER 17.2 MILLION PEOPLE WERE ON LIFE SAVING ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART), 2.8 MILLION BABIES WERE BORN HIV-FREE, AND OVER 6.7 MILLION ORPHANS, VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC), AND THEIR CAREGIVERS RECEIVED CRITICAL CARE AND SUPPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 (PEPFAR, 2021). THE GLOBAL RESPONSE HAS ALREADY TRANSITIONED TO THE MORE AMBITIOUS UNAIDS 95-95-95 TARGETS IN THE BACKDROP OF DISRUPTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. KENYA RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE SECOND AIDS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (KASF II) FOR THE P

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SUPPORTING THE SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE HIGH-QUALITY HIV PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN THE WESTERN REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN - PEPFAR IS A LEADING THE TRANSITION OF THE GLOBAL HIV EPIDEMIC FROM CRISIS TOWARDS CONTROL. DRIVEN BY THE PEPFAR STRATEGY FOR ACCELERATING HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC CONTROL (2017-2020), SOME SUPPORTED COUNTRIES HAVE ACHIEVED EPIDEMIC CONTROL BENCHMARKS AND UNAIDS 90-90-90 TARGETS. THROUGH PEPFAR, OVER 17.2 MILLION PEOPLE WERE ON LIFE SAVING ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT (ART), 2.8 MILLION BABIES WERE BORN HIV-FREE, AND OVER 6.7 MILLION ORPHANS, VULNERABLE CHILDREN (OVC), AND THEIR CAREGIVERS RECEIVED CRITICAL CARE AND SUPPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 (PEPFAR, 2021). THE GLOBAL RESPONSE HAS ALREADY TRANSITIONED TO THE MORE AMBITIOUS UNAIDS 95-95-95 TARGETS IN THE BACKDROP OF DISRUPTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. KENYA RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE SECOND AIDS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (KASF II) FOR THE P